The Players Championship R4

Players Championship 2021 R4
March 11-14
TPC Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
$15,000,000
Round 1, Round 2, Round 3

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Justin Thomas started his round three shots behind leader Lee Westwood and closed with a 4-under 68 to finish 14-under and win The Players Championship by one shot.

“I fought so hard today,” said Thomas. “It’s probably one of the best rounds of my life tee-to-green. I’ve seen some crazy stuff happen on TV in the past, and I’m glad to be on this side of it.”

He started his round uneventfully with pars on the first seven holes and closed his front nine with bogey at the 8th and birdie at the 9th. His back nine started birdie-eagle-birdie, he then bogeyed the 14th and birdied the 16th with a 50-foot putt before another 50-footer for par on the 17th secured his lead. His approach on the 18th settled on the fringe, his first missed green of the day, and he two-putted for par and his fourteenth PGA victory.

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Westwood’s front nine was more dramatic featuring three bogeys after finding the water and clipping trees and two birdies to turn in 37, still in the lead. He lost it to Thomas’ opening three holes on the back nine and regained a share with a birdie at the 14th but closed his round bogey-birdie for a 72 and finished runner-up for the second week running.

“The week has been great. I didn’t play my best golf today by any stretch of the imagination, but I battled it out. I was proud of myself for that,” said Westwood. “People question whether I can hole putts under pressure, and I rolled in a lot of must-make putts all day, really, whether it be for par or the great birdie on 14.”

“I felt like I put maximum effort in today. I didn’t really have the strike. I didn’t really have much direction. I was on the edge all the time, it felt like. I wasn’t as good as I played the first three days, but you have days like that, where you just have to grind it out. It’s a battle sometimes. That’s championship golf. If you don’t like it, you’re in the wrong job.”

Playing partner Bryson DeChambeau’s front nine was also frought with difficulty. His double bogey at the 4th started when his tee shot with his hybrid flew 143 yards and found the water.

“I was trying to hit more of a low bullet and just kind of caught the heel, a little high on the thing. It wasn’t really a top, it was more like a thin ball that just had no spin on it and just knuckled,” said DeChambeau.

“Just one of those things I tried to squeeze and hit it too hard, got on top of it and hit it thin. Caught the grass below it and just never got any height.”

He took a penalty drop, hit his next shot hard right and landed in the trees.

“My 4-iron cracked. I looked at the bottom of the thing. I couldn’t use it all day. It sounded really weird and just came off horrifically, and I’m like, oh , and there’s a line in the bottom of the club.”

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He closed with a 71 after shooting two more bogeys, three birdies and an eagle at the 16th and tied for third alongside Brian Harman (69).

“I fought really hard,” said DeChambeau. ” It just seemed like something wasn’t going my way today for some reason. Just I could feel it. It was weird. (But) I can play on golf courses that don’t really suit me. That’s a big lesson. I’d also say, no matter what happens, no matter if I top a shot, I’m still never out of it for the most part. I know my game is good enough in most facets to get it back and compete with the best of them.”

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Pos.	Player	To Par	R1	R2	R3	R4	Total
1	Justin Thomas	-14	71	71	64	68	274
2	Lee Westwood	-13	69	66	68	72	275
T3	Brian Harman	-12	67	71	69	69	276
T3	Bryson DeChambeau	-12	69	69	67	71	276
T5	Talor Gooch	-11	71	68	71	67	277
T5	Paul Casey	-11	73	67	67	70	277
7	Corey Conners	-10	68	72	72	66	278
8	Shane Lowry	-9	68	74	69	68	279
T9	Charles Howell III	-8	73	70	71	66	280
T9	Daniel Berger	-8	74	68	71	67	280
T9	Jason Kokrak	-8	70	72	71	67	280
T9	Victor Perez	-8	73	71	69	67	280
T9	Si Woo Kim	-8	72	70	67	71	280
T9	Sergio Garcia	-8	65	72	71	72	280
T9	Matthew Fitzpatrick	-8	68	68	72	72	280
T9	Jon Rahm	-8	72	68	67	73	280
T17	Sungjae Im	-7	72	66	77	66	281
T17	Charley Hoffman	-7	70	68	76	67	281
T17	Ryan Palmer	-7	70	72	68	71	281
T17	Cameron Smith	-7	71	73	65	72	281
21	Will Zalatoris	-6	70	71	70	71	282
T22	Dylan Frittelli	-5	71	68	76	68	283
T22	Tyler McCumber	-5	72	69	72	70	283
T22	J.T. Poston	-5	76	68	69	70	283
T22	Patrick Reed	-5	70	72	70	71	283
T22	Tom Hoge	-5	69	71	71	72	283
T22	Adam Long	-5	70	74	67	72	283
T22	Abraham Ancer	-5	72	70	68	73	283
T29	Cameron Percy	-4	73	70	73	68	284
T29	Keegan Bradley	-4	70	72	73	69	284
T29	Adam Hadwin	-4	74	69	71	70	284
T29	Joaquin Niemann	-4	73	71	70	70	284
T29	Harry Higgs	-4	71	73	67	73	284
T29	Doug Ghim	-4	71	67	68	78	284
T35	Ryan Moore	-3	75	69	71	70	285
T35	Phil Mickelson	-3	71	72	71	71	285
T35	Brendon Todd	-3	74	69	71	71	285
T35	Jason Day	-3	70	71	71	73	285
T35	Patton Kizzire	-3	70	69	72	74	285
T35	Lanto Griffin	-3	73	71	68	73	285
T41	Collin Morikawa	-2	71	73	76	66	286
T41	James Hahn	-2	76	67	74	69	286
T41	Louis Oosthuizen	-2	73	69	74	70	286
T41	Zach Johnson	-2	75	68	72	71	286
T41	Brendan Steele	-2	72	72	71	71	286
T41	Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-2	72	71	71	72	286
T41	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-2	70	72	71	73	286
T48	Dustin Johnson	-1	73	70	73	71	287
T48	Adam Scott	-1	72	71	73	71	287
T48	Michael Thompson	-1	71	73	72	71	287
T48	Lucas Glover	-1	75	69	72	71	287
T48	Nick Taylor	-1	70	74	72	71	287
T48	Jordan Spieth	-1	70	74	68	75	287
T48	Chris Kirk	-1	72	65	71	79	287
T55	Denny McCarthy	E	69	69	75	75	288
T55	Matt Jones	E	73	71	70	74	288
T55	Ryan Armour	E	74	68	71	75	288
T58	Billy Horschel	1	71	73	71	74	289
T58	Brian Stuard	1	74	68	72	75	289
T58	Kramer Hickok	1	74	68	72	75	289
T61	Scott Harrington	2	72	71	77	70	290
T61	Jhonattan Vegas	2	73	71	72	74	290
T61	Harold Varner III	2	70	73	71	76	290
T61	Scott Brown	2	71	70	72	77	290
T65	Patrick Rodgers	3	74	70	73	74	291
T65	Aaron Wise	3	73	71	72	75	291
T67	Rory Sabbatini	4	69	75	74	74	292
T67	Russell Knox	4	71	73	72	76	292
T69	Martin Laird	5	73	71	76	73	293
T69	Scott Piercy	5	73	70	71	79	293
71	Nate Lashley	6	74	69	75	76	294
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	1	71	74			145
CUT	Bernd Wiesberger	1	75	70			145
CUT	Marc Leishman	1	71	74			145
CUT	Mark Hubbard	1	78	67			145
CUT	Luke List	1	73	72			145
CUT	Scottie Scheffler	1	74	71			145
CUT	Brice Garnett	1	74	71			145
CUT	Sebastián Muñoz	1	71	74			145
CUT	Hideki Matsuyama	1	76	69			145
CUT	Tyrrell Hatton	1	76	69			145
CUT	Adam Schenk	1	72	73			145
CUT	Peter Malnati	2	76	70			146
CUT	Robby Shelton	2	75	71			146
CUT	Kevin Streelman	2	73	73			146
CUT	Bubba Watson	2	76	70			146
CUT	Pat Perez	2	77	69			146
CUT	Tommy Fleetwood	2	75	71			146
CUT	Bo Hoag	2	74	72			146
CUT	Danny Lee	2	72	74			146
CUT	Gary Woodland	2	70	76			146
CUT	Viktor Hovland	2	72	74			146
CUT	Webb Simpson	2	71	75			146
CUT	Max Homa	2	73	73			146
CUT	Andrew Putnam	2	74	72			146
CUT	Stewart Cink	2	76	70			146
CUT	Doc Redman	2	73	73			146
CUT	Joel Dahmen	2	72	74			146
CUT	Cameron Tringale	3	73	74			147
CUT	Branden Grace	3	74	73			147
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	3	75	72			147
CUT	Robert Streb	3	76	71			147
CUT	Steve Stricker	3	70	77			147
CUT	Andrew Landry	3	72	75			147
CUT	Francesco Molinari	3	76	71			147
CUT	Tom Lewis	3	73	74			147
CUT	Robert MacIntyre	3	74	73			147
CUT	Graeme McDowell	3	73	74			147
CUT	Tony Finau	3	78	69			147
CUT	Scott Stallings	3	76	71			147
CUT	Sam Ryder	3	72	75			147
CUT	Chez Reavie	4	73	75			148
CUT	Cameron Champ	4	75	73			148
CUT	Jason Dufner	4	73	75			148
CUT	Alex Noren	4	78	70			148
CUT	Russell Henley	4	75	73			148
CUT	Ian Poulter	4	77	71			148
CUT	Xander Schauffele	4	76	72			148
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	5	74	75			149
CUT	Sepp Straka	5	74	75			149
CUT	Patrick Cantlay	5	74	75			149
CUT	Keith Mitchell	5	76	73			149
CUT	Carlos Ortiz	5	73	76			149
CUT	Anirban Lahiri	6	78	72			150
CUT	Cameron Davis	6	76	74			150
CUT	Kevin Kisner	6	75	75			150
CUT	Kristoffer Ventura	6	74	76			150
CUT	Rickie Fowler	6	77	73			150
CUT	Austin Cook	6	77	73			150
CUT	Vaughn Taylor	6	76	74			150
CUT	Richy Werenski	7	80	71			151
CUT	Matt Kuchar	7	76	75			151
CUT	Troy Merritt	7	74	77			151
CUT	Beau Hossler	8	74	78			152
CUT	Xinjun Zhang	8	76	76			152
CUT	C.T. Pan	8	78	74			152
CUT	Charl Schwartzel	8	77	75			152
CUT	Wyndham Clark	8	79	73			152
CUT	Jerry Kelly	8	73	79			152
CUT	Matthew NeSmith	9	81	72			153
CUT	Tyler Duncan	9	80	73			153
CUT	Rory McIlroy	10	79	75			154
CUT	Brian Gay	10	80	74			154
CUT	Henrik Norlander	10	80	74			154
CUT	Hudson Swafford	11	82	73			155
CUT	Sung Kang	13	76	81			157
CUT	Jimmy Walker	13	83	74			157
CUT	Maverick McNealy	13	80	77			157
CUT	Sam Burns	13	81	76			157
CUT	Jim Herman	14	81	77			158
CUT	Henrik Stenson	15	85	74			159
CUT	Byeong Hun An	18	83	79			162
CUT	Kyle Stanley	23	83	84			167
WD	Kevin Na	E	81				81